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Province reports 213 new COVID-19 cases today

Majority of cases confirmed in Toronto, Peel, Ottawa
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 213 new cases of COVID-19 today, up from 170 on Thursday.

No new deaths were reported today. There have been 2,813 deaths in total.

Toronto (71), Peel (38), Ottawa (37) and Waterloo (15) account for the majority of new cases.

To date, Public Health Ontario has confirmed 44,068 cases of COVID-19 and reported 39,598 recoveries. There are 1,657 active cases in the province.

There are 49 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus. Eighteen are in intensive care and nine are on ventilators.

The province has confirmed Ontario labs have processed another 32,501 COVID-19 tests, up from 24,669 on Wednesday. There have been 3,245,837 tests processed in total.

There are confirmed outbreaks at 17 long-term care homes in the province. There are 37 confirmed cases among residents and 36 among staff.

One new case has been reported in Northern Ontario, out of the Porcupine Health Unit. Both of the two known active COVID-19 cases in Northern Ontario are in the Porcupine area.

The breakdown for the health units is:

  • Algoma Public Health - 29 cases, rate of 25.3 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.
  • North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 36 cases, rate of 27.7 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 38 cases. There is one known active case.
  • Porcupine Health Unit - 75 cases. Two known active cases.
  • Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 94 cases, rate of 47.2 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.
  • Timiskaming Health Unit - 19 cases, rate of 58.1 per 100,000. There are no known active cases.
  • Northwestern Health Unit - 46 cases, rate of 52.5 per 100,000. There are no known active cases.
  • Thunder Bay District Health Unit - 103 cases, rate of 68.7 per 100,000.There are no known active cases.